Bioscience

H.S. teachers: sign up for ASU Computational Thinking in Biology course

Computational Biology course, designed for teachers without extensive computer skills, provides a gentle introduction to the concepts and modeling tools available to teach biology at the secondary school level.

8 ASU faculty elected as AAAS Fellows

Eight Arizona State University faculty members are among the 486 newly elected Fellows of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS).

BIO5 director takes foundation post

The leader of the UA's top research institute — whom colleagues hail as a key architect of the region's burgeoning bioscience industry — is leaving to head a San Francisco-based non-profit's scientific endeavors, the university announced Monday.

Economic downturn impacts ASU nursing school

[Source: Jahna Berry, The Arizona Republic] – Arizona State University’s nursing school capped a historic and challenging year this week, honoring a record-breaking graduating class. “It’s been an unbelievable journey,” graduate Gina Dioguardi, 24, said Wednesday as she helped fellow graduate Leticia Medina, 22, put on her cap and gown. The two were part of […]

UA provost suggests pay cuts

When it comes to fixing budget shortfalls, some high earners at the University of Arizona should cut their pay. That suggestion comes from one of the school's highest paid employees, University of Arizona Provost Meredith Hay.

Education policy experts sound alarm over America’s ability to compete

Underscoring the link between a world-class education and a sound U.S. economy, leading education experts issued a report on December 19, 2008 offering sweeping recommendations to internationally benchmark educational performance.

Telemedicine protects Arizona, its many regional communities

Centered in Phoenix and Tucson, the Arizona Telemedicine Network covers Arizona communities from Ajo to Nogales to Yuma, the New Mexico communities of Bloomfield, Crownpoint, Gallup, Shiprock and Tohatchi and Utah’s Fort Duchesne and Salt Lake City.

 

Firms hope their compounds will be tomorrow

[Source: Phoenix Business Journal, Angela Gonzales] – While only a handful of big pharmaceutical firms have a presence in Arizona, the Grand Canyon State is home to a plethora of smaller companies in the early stages of drug development. The problem is, it

When medicine meets marketing

[Source: Newsweek, Mary Carmichael] – Dallas Hextell was just a baby when his parents bought him a walker—not because he was late reaching a milestone, but because they worried he might never toddle on his own. At 9 months he had been diagnosed with cerebral palsy, a form of brain injury caused by oxygen deprivation […]

TGen, Scottsdale Healthcare, Mayo Clinic study starts for new drug that could bolster the immune systems of cancer victims

[Source: TGen] – The Translational Genomics Research Institute (TGen), Scottsdale Healthcare and Mayo Clinic are testing a new drug that could help cancer patients by stimulating the immune system.Clinical trials of the drug VTX-2337 are being conducted at TGen Clinical Research Services at Scottsdale Healthcare, a partnership of Phoenix-based TGen and Scottsdale-based Scottsdale Healthcare Corp., […]
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